Roy Budd's widow fulfils final promise to dying composer

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A previously-unheard "Phantom of the Opera" score by legendary Get Carter composer Roy Budd, performed for the first time, 24 years after his death.
British jazz musician and composer Roy Budd, best known for the film scores of Get Carter with Michael Caine and The Wild Geese with Roger Moore and Richard Burton, will have the last film score he composed performed for the first time, 24 years after his untimely death in 1993 at 46 years of age.
Phantom of the Opera, the 1925 silent classic film, will be screened in a one-off event at the London Coliseum, accompanied by a 77-piece orchestra playing the symphonic score, at 5pm Sunday, October 8th, 2017.
Mrs Budd, 68, said that she had initially struggled to fulfil her deathbed promise to her husband. She then met Nick Hocart, an Australian impresario, who “became fascinated by the music” and began securing investment for it.
Sylvia Budd spoke to Wendy Hurrell.